St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-21

twenty. years elapsed, when q party or
tourists visiting the Caucasess assembled
the heights to. the Kasbek monastery,
and one of the party recognized i'll the
frozen corpse of one OF the monks u
brother who had
Disappeared YEARS BEFORE
from England. This dead monk was
the heir to the earldom. The body was
III such perfect state of preservation
that no difficulty was experienced in eS-
tabliShing the identity, and the English
courts readily admitted the evidence
presented, proving the identity of the
dead monk with the lost heir. Papers
were found in the monastery which cor
roborated the Photographic testimony
as to the identity, and thus ended n very
sad history. The reason why this young
lord chained himself to kaSbek like
Prometheus was chained of old can
easily be told-a woman, and lovely
woman. stopped to folly and left this
man alone to pray. In one of the cities
of South Russia the courts were en-
gagged in trial which attracted much
attention, owing to the aristocr;ec con-
nections of the prisoner, who was the
son of Russian prince. The
young man was arrested on the
charge of forgery. At first he
Indignantly denied the accusation
and stoutiy maintained his innocence,
but, after an interview with his wife.
his manner changed and he asked leave
to plead guilty. The sympathy of the
court and the people generally had been
with the prisoner, and it was very
doubtful whether the jury would have
convicted him. but when he pleaded
guilty there was 10 alternative but to
pronounce the sentence. which baniShed
him to Siberia for life. Before pro-
nouncing the sentence the judge kindly
asked the young man to explain why he
denied his guilt when first arrested, and
requested him to address any eXplana-
ton which lie might desire to the court.
The prisoner replied that he had no eX-
plantations to offer, that he had pleaded
guilty and was prepared to accept the
punishment. The sentence was passed
and the unfortunate man sent to Siberia.
The prisoner had been married about
two years and was very devoted to his
wife, who was Georgian lady of Q
REMARKABLE BEAUTY. rs
The young prince had met and mar
ried his wife within month, and had
always been Il model husband. The
wife seemed equally devoted to her huS-
band, and her grief when he was ar
rested was of the most violent nature.
The Russian law permits the wife to
follow or accompany her husband to
Siberia when the sentence is for life,
and the opinion was universally eX-
pressed that the young wife of the ban
iShed prince. provided she recovered
from her terrible distress, would GER
tainly insist on going with her unfOrtu-
nate husband, but public opinion was
mistaken. The wife not only failed to
accompany her husband, but after the
lapse of few months she livel i'll open
adultery with his prosecutor. and 1T is
even limited was instrumental in her
husbands conviction, and was herself
guilty of the forgery for which her
young husband was banished. The So
called cenSureShip of the press and
the mails in Russia has its amusing side
as well as the reverse. 1t is claimed
that the authorities are so expert in
dealing with letters cOnfided to their
care that they can familiarize them
selves with the contents of these letters
and leave no trace of their ever having
been opened. A certain Russian post
master. however, incurred the diSpleaS-
llrc of his Supporters by being somewhat
careless. 1t is said that instead of re-
tanning a copy of Il letter addressed to
one of the embassy, which he found it
necessary to make, he inadvertently in
closed the copy with the original, and as
notrace could be found of the envelope
having been opened, the matter caused
some surprise at the legation. The cab
| met noir, as it is termed, was hauled
| over the coolS, and the postmaster was
reprimanded in the following language:
IF ever such an event occurs again i'll
your office, you will be suspended from
your duties as postmaster" Whether
| this meant the incloSing of the copy
or the opening of the letter has not been
definitely determined. A young En-
| gliShman who is tutor i'll
| DISTINGUISHED RUSSIAN FAMILY,
devoteS his leisure moments to the very
laudabe. but at the same time unpopu-
lar. pastime lin RuSSia) of acting as the
special correspondent for London
newspaper. Unlike the ordinary re-
porter, this young man was not willing
to hide his light or identity under a
bushel, but invariably sought to impress
upon Russian officials his Importance.
If the Russian au horities regarded him
as DANCE TCus idividual, they would
quietly escort him over the frontier
without moments warming: as the
Young gentleman has been resident of
Russia for several years, it is evident
that he will not suffer martyrdOm at the
| hands of Russia; however, his ambition
in this respect received boom not long
since. After amusing himself in tele-
graph office one day by Strutting around
with all the p0mpoSity of the stage En-
glishman, he received an official letter the
following day in the Russian language.
Not understanding the language, he
sought the aid of an individual
whose knowledge of Russian was
fairly good. The letter ordered the
correspondent to quit Russian territory
within twenty-four hours, and further
more. commanded him to appear before
the governor general to be repri-
manded. ''Iiere was state of things"
reprimanded by governor general and
expelled from RuSsia-cOuldt the highest
ambition of special correspondent pos
sibly soar beyond this? All England
would receive him with open arms and
the civilized world would claim him as
its own Visions of editors and owners
of newspapers and magazines flooding
| him with respectful requests for articles
OH Russia, tloated before his eyes, an in,
come beyond that of Howard, Gath, OF
even Col. Frank Burr, was an assured
fact; the young gentlemen's English
friends were promptly notified of this
fresh instance of Russian cruelty anC
oppression, and deep were the mutter
ings. This vision of glory disappeared
however, when the tutor mentioned his
enforced departure to his pupils, no.
could he understand the
SIIRIEKS OF LAUGHTER
with which his announcement was re
ceived. These pupils were two mis-
chievous Russian boys, the elder being
about IA years of age. They had planned
the whole affair, and, it is needless tt
add, enjoyed it beyond measure. In
stances of cOachmen aspiring to be gen
tlemen are not uncommon, but whel
the reverse is the case it may fairly b.
claimed as a strange event. One of th
richest men in South Russia is a gentle
man who was formerly United State
| official This gentleman is great love